Late night comfort food cooking~ @ A @
Started cooking around 10pm and after eating and cleaning up the kitchen I figured I'd post this. Sorry for the awful photo quality! My cellphone just doesn't like the lighting in my kitchen. :C

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Ryuuki's Special no.8
Smothered Frog Legs with Steamed Rice

Ingredients:
Frog Legs
2 cups of all purpose flour
2 tsb of McCormick's Perfect Pinch cajun seasoning
3 1/2 tsb of garlic powder, granulated
3 1/2 of black pepper
3 1/2 of Lawry's seasoning salt
1 tsb of Mrs. Dash Original Blend
Olive oil or Canola oil
1 cup of white rice

Utensils and supplies needed:
Fork
Frying pan
Plate
Paper towels
Rice cooker or small pot to cook rice
1 gallon freezer bag

Preperation and Cooking:
Take your frog legs and rinse them under cool water and then place them into a bowl of cold water, not too much, but just enough to cover them. While they're sitting, take your freezer bag and put in your flour and spices. You may want to add more spices depending on how much flavor you want, the listed measurements are just a ballpark guess of how much I used initially. I kept adding more in until I was satisfied with the taste. Close your freezer bag and shake it vigorously to mix the spices and flour. After you've done this, heat your frying pan and oil over medium to medium high heat.

With your flour and spices mixed take your first set of frog legs and put them into the bag. Close the bag and shake them until they are completely coated in seasoned flour. Place the legs into the hot oil (mind your fingers) and repeat this for a second set. I cook only two sets at a time to prevent overcooking and burning. Let the side down brown for five minutes before turning them carefully with a fork. Repeat this until the flour coating is a cripsy golden brown and the meat is white. Do the same for the remainder of your frog legs. Once they are done cooking, place them on your folded paper towels on a plate to get out the excess cooking oil.

While your last few legs are cooking start up your boiling water or rice cooker for the rice. The rice shouldn't need too much of your attention so you can finish up your frog legs and get ready to make the gravy!

Once all of your frog legs are done cooking turn down the heat of your frying pan to low and SLOWLY begin to mix in a little bit of flour until it thickens. Add in small amounts of water to loosen the gravy and add in more seasonings to taste. Depending on how thick you want the gravy you can put in more flour or more water. For a good guide to making gravy from drippings, go here - http://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooki.....ake-gravy.html When your gravy is just right, remove it from the heat and let it set for a few minutes.

Plate up your rice and frog legs and add a good slathering of gravy to the whole deal, then enjoy!

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If you try this one out, let me know! I'd love to hear~ :D